Definitions for tonguetʌŋ

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

tonguetʌŋ(n.; v.)tongued, tongu•ing.

(n.)a movable organ in the floor of the mouth, functioning in tasting, eating, and, in humans, speaking.
Category: Anatomy, Zoology
the tongue of an animal, as an ox or sheep, used for food, often prepared by smoking or pickling.
Category: Zoology
the faculty or power of speech.
manner or character of speech:
a flattering tongue.
the language of a particular people, region, or nation.
(in the Bible) a people or nation distinguished by its language.
tongues, speech, often incomprehensible, typically uttered during moments of religious ecstasy.
Category: Religion, Language/Linguistics
a strip of leather or other material under the lacing or fastening of a shoe.
Category: Clothing
a piece of metal suspended inside a bell that strikes against the side, producing a sound; clapper.
Category: Music and Dance
a vibrating reed or similar structure in a musical instrument.
Category: Music and Dance
the pole extending from a carriage or other vehicle between the animals drawing it.
a projecting strip along the center of the edge of a board, for fitting into a groove in another board.
Category: Building Trades
a narrow strip of land extending into a body of water; cape.
Category: Geography (places)
the pin of a buckle, brooch, etc.
Category: Jewelry
(v.t.)to articulate (tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.) by strokes of the tongue.
Category: Music and Dance
to cut a tongue on (a board). to join or fit together by a tongue-and-groove joint.
Category: Building Trades
to touch with the tongue.
to articulate or pronounce.
Archaic. to reproach or scold. to speak or utter.
(v.i.)to tongue tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.
Category: Music and Dance
to project like a tongue.

Idioms for tongue:

at or on the tip of one's or the tongue, on the verge of being said. eluding the memory but about to be recalled:
The answer is on the tip of my tongue.
Category: Idiom
give tongue, (of a hound in fox hunting) to bay while following a scent.
Category: Idiom, Sport
give tongue to, to utter; speak.
Category: Idiom
hold one's tongue, to remain silent; refrain from speaking.
Category: Idiom
(with) tongue in cheek, as a joke; ironically.
Category: Idiom

Origin of tongue:

bef. 900; (n.) ME tunge, OE, c. OFris tunge, OS, ON tunga, OHG zunga, Go tuggo

tongue′like`(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper(noun)
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
natural language, tongue(noun)
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
tongue, knife(noun)
any long thin projection that is transient
"tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
tongue(noun)
a manner of speaking
"he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
spit, tongue(noun)
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
tongue(noun)
the tongue of certain animals used as meat
tongue(noun)
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
clapper, tongue(verb)
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
tongue(verb)
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
tongue(verb)
lick or explore with the tongue

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

tongue(noun)ʌŋ
the long soft thing in your mouth
Your tongue helps you speak and eat.
tongueʌŋ
a language
a foreign tongue

Wiktionary

tongue(Noun)
The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
tongue(Noun)
A language.
He was speaking in his native tongue.
tongue(Noun)
Glossolalia.
tongue(Noun)
In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot, so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth.
tongue(Noun)
Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
tongue(Noun)
An individual point of flame from a fire.
tongue(Verb)
On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
tongue(Verb)
to kiss involving the touching of both tongues, and/or licking.
tongue(Verb)
To manipulate with the tongue.
Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.

Origin: From tonge, tunge, tung, from tunge, from tungōn (compare Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga), from dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (compare Irish teanga, Latin lingua, Tocharian A/B känt/kantwo, Lithuanian liežùvis, Polish język 'language, tongue', Armenian լեզու, Sanskrit जिह्वा).

Webster Dictionary

Tongue(noun)
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch
Tongue(noun)
the power of articulate utterance; speech
Tongue(noun)
discourse; fluency of speech or expression
Tongue(noun)
honorable discourse; eulogy
Tongue(noun)
a language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue
Tongue(noun)
speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions
Tongue(noun)
a people having a distinct language
Tongue(noun)
the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk
Tongue(noun)
the proboscis of a moth or a butterfly
Tongue(noun)
the lingua of an insect
Tongue(noun)
any small sole
Tongue(noun)
that which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form
Tongue(noun)
a projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance
Tongue(noun)
a projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove
Tongue(noun)
a point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake
Tongue(noun)
the pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked
Tongue(noun)
the clapper of a bell
Tongue(noun)
a short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces
Tongue(noun)
same as Reed, n., 5
Tongue(verb)
to speak; to utter
Tongue(verb)
to chide; to scold
Tongue(verb)
to modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments
Tongue(verb)
to join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together
Tongue(verb)
to talk; to prate
Tongue(verb)
to use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments